will other companies provide service with the iPhone in the near future like cingular, US Cellular, Verizon etc? Or is it just going to be AT&T? Any news on dates would be great.
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At least 2 years with AT&T. That is contractually guaranteed. After that no one knows. It all depends on how things go with AT&T, but it will not be less than 2 years.
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t-mobile offers service for the iphone that is out now (the phone would have to be modified), but t-mobile reps. say that they don't know if t-mobile will offer service for the new 3g sdk coming out.
t-mobile offers service for the iphone that is out now (the phone would have to be modified), but t-mobile reps. say that they don't know if t-mobile will offer service for the new 3g sdk coming out.
Verizon and Sprint are CDMA (current phone is GSM) so unless Apple makes a CDMA phone, you're out of luck there.
Cingular is AT&T... and you can get the phone from them.
You can unlock the current iPhone (1st gen) to work with t-Mobile. No one knows if the 3G iPhone will be able to work with t-Mobile yet.
Apple and AT&T are in a 5 year contract, so you'll be waiting till 2012 before the iPhone is available on other networks.
Cingular is AT&T... and you can get the phone from them.
You can unlock the current iPhone (1st gen) to work with t-Mobile. No one knows if the 3G iPhone will be able to work with t-Mobile yet.
Apple and AT&T are in a 5 year contract, so you'll be waiting till 2012 before the iPhone is available on other networks.
If unlocked, the new one will work with T Mobile, but only on EDGE. The GSM bands implemented in the new iPhone do not include the upload band for T Mobile's 3G, so 3G will not work.
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The iPhone 3G is a Quad-Band GSM Phone. It's operating frequencies are the same to it's CDMA Competitors / GSM Competitors. Which are:
800 mhz for voice & 1900 mhz (Rarely)
With that being said it is actually possible to "Jailbreak" / "Unlock" the iPhone to operate on both Networks. Especially since, Verizon does have a feature where there phones can operate on GSM as well.
I'm not quite sure of the "rules" to this forum, so I won't tell you "how" to do it. But I will say this, it can and has been done. So if you want it quicker, since "Apple = Uber Secretive" your best bet is to just do it that way, cause it could be far longer then your anticipated date mentioned.
P.S. At least with Verizon the 3G Network is identical to AT & T's.
The iPhone 3G is a Quad-Band GSM Phone. It's operating frequencies are the same to it's CDMA Competitors / GSM Competitors. Which are:
800 mhz for voice & 1900 mhz (Rarely)
With that being said it is actually possible to "Jailbreak" / "Unlock" the iPhone to operate on both Networks. Especially since, Verizon does have a feature where there phones can operate on GSM as well.
I'm not quite sure of the "rules" to this forum, so I won't tell you "how" to do it. But I will say this, it can and has been done. So if you want it quicker, since "Apple = Uber Secretive" your best bet is to just do it that way, cause it could be far longer then your anticipated date mentioned.
P.S. At least with Verizon the 3G Network is identical to AT & T's.
Is it really necessary to not only needlessly bump an ancient post but to do so with a post so utterly devoid of correct information and so overflowing with erroneous information?
Hey, at least they're using the search function, which no one seems to on this forum.
My apologies, just attempting to help individuals who would enjoy an iPhone but can't use it since it's bound to the AT & T Service. Considering I've unlocked it, I have it on the Verizon Network. Figured I'd inform people, so if they wanted the choice they could indeed actually do it.
The flag has been raised. You've gotta be a complete fool to come to a forum chock full of knowledgable people and try to post this.
you do not have it on verizon...period
know why? cuz it aint possible
know why it aint possible? because its cdma vs gsm....seperate technologies that aint compatible with each other
you do not have it on verizon...period
know why? cuz it aint possible
know why it aint possible? because its cdma vs gsm....seperate technologies that aint compatible with each other
His user profile says that he's replying to this thread, so let's see what he says...
His user profile says that he's replying to this thread, so let's see what he says...
Ya I am curious to what BS he has in mind. I like taking notes on the various angles people use to BS.
I dont know about the frequency Verizon uses, but CDMA is a totally different than GSM.
GSM is based on TDMA (Time division multiple access) which dividing up the the signal into several different channels (usually 8). Where Verizon uses CDMA (Code division multiple access) which uses a coding scheme to allow users to share the "line"
So, unless the Apple comes out with the CDMA version of the iPhone, it's not possible to use the iPhone on Verizon network.
Verizon's 3G uses EV-DO which is still different than the UMTS that ATT uses... However, Verizon is going with the LTE which is going to be the same as ATT's 4G... Until then, they are not cross-compatible with each other.
Aww... he gave up! What the crap! I wanted to see this ludicrousness!
I think we'll just let it end here... as there are plenty of other threads on the original topic (and none of them has any more information on the original topic than this one anyways)....
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